Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-17
on UHANGE.
Spot Cotton Unchanged, Futures from
One 10 Five Points Higher.
Money Market Easy.
The Reports OF Rain Cause Free Selling of
Wheat at DecIne-Liye Stock
{. Transactions Brisk.
EORT 8ORTH mAKnETs-DAELY RE



OFFICE OF THE GAZETTE,
FORT WORTH. TEX, April l6, 1887.
Trade was heavy to-day in all lines.
Confidence has been fully restored by the
magnificent rains over the entire country
about Fort Worth.
Eggs have atendency upward and are
firm and active.
New crop southern cabbage IS now in
market in good supply.
Spring chickens are more plentiful.
PROFITABLE FARMING IN THE SOUTH.
We very often hear that farming in the
south is not profitable business, that the
lands are poor, that farmers are getting
more and more into debt, and that on the
whole the outlook for the farming inter
es,s of that section is ny no
means fattering. There IS I'M
doubtedly grain Of truth in these
statements, but if we examine the facts
we will find that there are two main
reasons why farmers in the south are not
more prosperous. One is that they adj
here too closely to the ene-crop idea, and
no agricultural country can be perma-
nently prosperous where all attention is
given to one crop, whether that crop be
cotton, tobacco or wheat. Diversity is
essential to prosperity in agriculture as
well as IN manufactures. Another resson
for the appropriateness of many farms in
the south is the lack of proper
cultivation. Instead of deep plough
ing. the land is merely scratched
on the top. The value Of
thorough cultivation, or as it is now
known IN the South, "intensive farming"
has been most clearly brought out in GeOr-
gia during the last two years. A few
years ago q prominent fertilizer manufdc-
turing house of Atlanta offered premiums
for the best yields OF corn and cotton on
one acre and on five acres. From the
Constitution of that city we gather the
following facts as to the results of tits Of
fer during 1885:
The crops made by the leading four con-
testants for 1885 were as follows: Four
Georgia farmers in 1885 made 66t bales of
cotton on twenty acres, an average of 81
bales of $50 pounds each to the acre.
BU PTFR-2Oc per h ere amery 25c.
CJFFEE-Rio, fair lie; prime l7%c; choice
l8hC; Laguyra 1910; Java 3Ol4C; Golden Rio
l634C; Pea Berry 224c.
HEESE-The better grades and Ohio factory
lO6lO1a full cream twins l6c.
CABBAGE-In bulk, southern new crop, &c
CANNED GOODS-Prices per dozen: Pine
apples, standard, 81 80; peaches, standard. 2
lbs, 81 As: hi s. co. seconds, lbs, 81 Is; TBS
81 50; tomatoes, star dard. lbs 81 co; seconds,
lbs S; 3 lbs ST 80; green corn Fl 1901 So;
green peas ST. 1901 81 g00seberries 81 25; rasp-
berries 81 81; oysters, full weight, ID 90G95c /;
? lbs 81 75Gl 80; II. VT. ID S; 2bs S; salmon,
l ID ST. 65; bs S; mackerel, ib 9Oc0Sl O0;
sar0ines. American, Sc 80 case; imported $l2 30
ola 90 case strawberries lbs 81 80; blaCkDer-
ries 81 10; green cages s; Eagle condensed
milk 81 %
Prints-AbiOn solids, SIC; Albion Shepard
plajds, SIC; Albion silver greys, SIC; Aliens
fanCies, $40; Aliens special, SIC; American
fdncles, 515c; Amel lean indigo, -; anchor
sheetings, SC; Berlin oils, all ColOrs, exc; Bsr-
wick fancy, &C; Cone toga, new fanCies, SIC;
Conestoga, chocolates, 5hC; EddystOne novel
ties, &c; EddystOne sa5ines, &c; Gloucester sill
yer greys. 51Sc Hartel fancIes, SIC; Hartel
s2tines, 51ac; Hartel shirting, &c; Hamilton
staples, SIC; kamapO fanCles, &c; Simpson s
mourning, Sc; simpsons silver grey, &c; Simp7
sons linen finish, Co. Windsor tancies, &c;
Martha Washington fancies, 4%c; assorted
standards, &c.
misunderstanding staple checks, 7%c;
AmOskeag novelties, SIC; AmOskeaR lotus, sc
Caledonia staples, 71a07%C; Elmsdale dress
styles, SIC; Glen Falls dress styles, Sc; Grey
lock Dress styles, lO%c; NOrmandie dress styles,
SIC; Langdale book fold, Sc; RenfreW Dress
styles, SIC; Renfrew bOuciIned, 10hc; Scotch
book fold, SIC; Statewide Nubians, SC; Whites
fancy, 73lc; York favOrite, 724c; Warsaw. 71ac;
zephyr che ks, SC.
Coiored Cambrics-Rossmore fiat, SC; Garner
rolled, 41ac; Masonville rolled, 5ac; Slater &
Sons rolled, SIC.
Brown Cottons-Atlahtic A, &c; Atlantic
p A, SIC; Atlantic LII "A, SIC; Adriatic A,
63&c; Alaska A, exc; Allendale 4 4, SIC; APP
pletOn a A, &c; Argyle family cotton, ga
black crow, &C; Clifton o 9, SIC; Derby,
fine brown, &c; exposition A, SIC; Chapman
A, &c; GranitevIlle Z E, &c; Graniteville
II H II, sac; Marshall A, 4c; Maginnts E E
Bleached Cottor s-Security a, SC; social L
"A, nc; Fairfield ., 60 and &c; Chapman y,
nc: Dyervllle A, 7c; EIerton "A, nc; gilded
aye IA, nc: LOnsdale, "A, SIC;
fidelity 4 L. 7Rc; forget me not, &c; John
Hancock, 714c Langham cambria, Sc; ne plus
Cotton Checks-Blsck warrior, TIC; Caro-
lima, *; Southern, ~ Georgia. I; Mississippi,
I; Utility, 81; Ottoway, Ga; Randleman, II;
Greenbnar, II.
ottonades-ADerdeen, SIC; Little Rock,
Sc. oil IS choice, SIC; Bell d & T, IKE; Blue
Ridge, ISc; Mt Vernon \, l9c; Mt Vernon, d
p, lie; Mt Vernon, B T, l3Hc; Norman zoe;
Richmond, IA surrey, l3H; Burment, liz ;
Golaen Peak, 70; Old Cabin, 5; Tecumseh, l8H ;
Dress Goods-Amerlcan. 5@ls. imported,
leo 45.-y
EGGS-Ilc per dozen
F1UITS AND VERSAILLES Oranges, So 80
per box; lemons, 81 80 per box; apples, per Dbl,
s. 75G6 90; Irish potatoes, 9jc@Sl 10 per gu;
seeu potatoes, early rose, QUO per Ou., SaCK6u
onions. SIC per pound; navy beans, 31ac hand
picked in bDIs. medium bbls, SIC; large Lima
&c; bananas, 81 0063 90 per bunch; sweet pO-
tatoes, 81 DUAL so per bu; celery per dozen, soc.
FLOUR-Best patents, s. 80 per 100 MS; half
patents, s. s.; L ird grade, - 40.
+FUEL-McAllister coal, carl load on track, at
tYafd Sc 90, delivered Sc so; McAllister COAL TO
90 tons, at yard So %, delivered Sc IS: McAlhs-
Fter coal, ? to tons, at yard So 80, delivered
81 10; McAllister coal, ton, at yard S. 10, deliv-
cred 81 so; McAlister coal, Z ton at yard s. 80
delivered 81 90; McAllisteT coal, q ton, at yard
81 49, delivered 81 10, McAllister coal, less than
q ton per 100, at yard 45c; Pennsylvania hard
scoal, tons, at yard sll so, delivered So 90
FRenns9tfania hard coal, l ton, at yard Sl2 90
G&9Fered So So; Pennsylvania hard coal, y
| ton, st yard Sc 90, delivered Sc 80; blacksmith
coal, ton, at yard sl2 90, delivered st2 so,
Cord wood, l cord, delivered 81 90; core
wood 4 cord, delivered 81 %; stove wood,
cord, delivered s. 90; stove wood, Il cord, de
| livered 81 IS.
| GRAIN AND FEEDSTUEFS-Quo be
low are on grain from store. In carload lot